Mercury retrograde 2000

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.3% of 2000. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

22 days · retreats 14.4°

21 February → 14 March 2000 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 21 Feb 2000, 12:46 UTC at 17.18° Pisces
Stations direct 14 Mar 2000, 20:32 UTC at 2.78° Pisces
Shadow opens 7 Feb 2000 (15 days before)
Shadow closes 3 Apr 2000 (20 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

Mercury retrograde in Pisces

In Pisces the retrograde blurs details and heightens intuition. Instructions are misread, dates are forgotten and communication relies on feeling rather than fact. It favours rest, creative reflection and double-checking anything that must be exact.

It begins in Pisces season and ends in Pisces season, inside a single month of the Sun's year.

No other planet is retrograde during this period, which is unusual.

Read against Pisces, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

24 days · retreats 9.58°

23 June → 17 July 2000 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 23 Jun 2000, 08:35 UTC at 19.96° Cancer
Stations direct 17 Jul 2000, 13:06 UTC at 10.38° Cancer
Shadow opens 7 Jun 2000 (16 days before)
Shadow closes 31 Jul 2000 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 55 days

Mercury retrograde in Cancer

In Cancer the retrograde turns towards home, family and memory. Old family conversations resurface, house moves hit snags, and people revisit the past more than usual. It suits sorting photographs, repairing the home and having the talk you postponed with a relative.

It begins in Cancer season and ends in Cancer season, inside a single month of the Sun's year.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Aquarius — 23 Jun to 17 Jul 2000 (24 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Aquarius — 23 Jun to 17 Jul 2000 (24 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Sagittarius — 23 Jun to 17 Jul 2000 (24 days of overlap)

Read against Cancer, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

21 days · retreats 15.86°

18 October → 8 November 2000 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 18 Oct 2000, 13:35 UTC at 15.8° Scorpio
Stations direct 8 Nov 2000, 02:21 UTC at 29.94° Libra
Shadow opens 28 Sep 2000 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 24 Nov 2000 (16 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

Mercury retrograde in Scorpio

In Scorpio the retrograde goes digging. Secrets surface, shared finances need re-examining, and conversations turn intense. It suits research, therapy and honest reckonings, and it punishes suspicion that runs ahead of the facts.

…and back into Libra

In Libra the retrograde centres on relationships, agreements and contracts. Negotiations stall or reopen, misunderstandings arise in partnerships, and people from the past reappear. It favours renegotiating terms and clarifying what was assumed rather than signing new deals.

It begins in Libra season and ends in Scorpio season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Gemini — 18 Oct to 8 Nov 2000 (21 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Gemini — 18 Oct to 8 Nov 2000 (21 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aquarius — 18 Oct to 26 Oct 2000 (8 days of overlap)

Read against Scorpio, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mercury retrogrades either side of 2000

Previous

1999 Ended 25 November 1999 after 20 days, moving back 16.11° through the zodiac.

Next

2001 Begins 4 February 2001 and runs 22 days.

Gap across 2000

1.2 years between the two — long enough for a whole calendar year to fall inside it with nothing to report.

Both dates are computed from the planet’s apparent motion, not taken from a table. A retrograde begins the moment its daily movement against the stars turns negative, and that moment is findable to the hour.

2000 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2000

Saturn in Taurus 22 Nov 1999 – 12 Jan 2000 · 51 days
Pluto in Sagittarius 15 Mar 2000 – 20 Aug 2000 · 158 days
Neptune in Aquarius 8 May 2000 – 15 Oct 2000 · 160 days
Uranus in Aquarius 25 May 2000 – 26 Oct 2000 · 154 days
Saturn in Gemini 12 Sep 2000 – 24 Jan 2001 · 135 days
Jupiter in Gemini 29 Sep 2000 – 25 Jan 2001 · 118 days
← 1999 Mercury retrograde in 1999. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2001 → Mercury retrograde in 2001.